Results: Miss Belly Dance SA crowned in Roodepoort

Local and national dancers competed in the Miss Bellydance South Africa competition held at Roodepoort Theatre on Sunday 27 April.

Dancers from three Johannesburg schools, Dancing Divinity, Belly Dance Goddess and Bhana’s Dance Studio, took 13 prizes in the 16 categories.

Schools from the Western Cape, Pretoria and even Mozambique also took prizes.

Results for the non-title categories:

Teen Sensational Props (Solo)

• Chelsea Rademeyer from Oriental Invasion (Pretoria)

Junior Magnificent Modern Bellydance (Group)

• First place — Aphrodite Bellydance School (Western Cape)

• Second place — The Oriental Starts from Oriental Dance Studio (Pretoria)

• Third place — Aphrodite Bellydance School (Western Cape)

Junior Divine Drum Solo (Group)

• Oriental Delight from Oriental Dance Studio (Pretoria)

Adult Magnificent Modern Bellydance (Solo)

• First place — Levona Bredencamp from Fariha Belly Dance School (Western Cape)

• Second place — Stephanie Ngankeu from Dancing Divinity (Johannesburg)

Adult Sensational Props (Solo)

• First place — Crystal Wallace from Dancers of the Desert (Pretoria)

• Second place — Ann O’Reilly from Dancing Divinity (Johannesburg)

• Third place — Chrystal Noakes from Dancing Divinity (Johannesburg)

Adult Fascinating Fusion (Solo)

• First place — Bianca Pieters from Dancing Divinity (Johannesburg)

• Second place — Jennifer Pratten from Bhana’s Dance Studio (Johannesburg)

• Third place — Chantal Misplon from Dancing Divinity (Johannesburg)

Adult Fabulous Folklore (Solo)

• Stephanie Ngankeu from Dancing Divinity (Johannesburg)

Adult Divine Drum Solo

• First place — Yumna Yussuf from Isis Oriental Maputo (Mozambique)

• Second place — Jennifer Pratten from Bhana’s Dance Studio (Johannesburg)

• Third place — Roxanne Froneman from Dancing Divinity (Johannesburg)

Adult Magnificent Modern Bellydance (Group)

• First place — Oriental Invasion (Pretoria)

• Second place — Hipnotize Belly Dance Academy (Western Cape)

• Third place — Oriental Divas from Oriental Dance Studio (Pretoria)

Adult Sensational Props (Group)

• First place — The Oriental Jewels from Oriental Dance Studio (Pretoria)

• Second place — Isis Oriental Maputo (Mozambique)

• Third place — Belly Dance Goddess (Johannesburg)

Adult Fascinating Fusion (Group)

• First place — Hipnotize Belly Dance Academy (Western Cape)

• Second place — Tribal Angels (Johannesburg)

• Third place — The Oriental Diamonds from Oriental Dance Studio (Pretoria)

Adult Fabulous Folklore (Group)

• First place — Oriental Invasion (Pretoria)

• Second place — Dancers of the Desert (Pretoria)

Adult Divine Drum Solo (Group)

• First place — The Oriental Sapphires from Oriental Dance Studio (Pretoria)

• Second place — Hipnotize Belly Dance Academy (Western Cape)

Modern Belly Dance South Africa Special Awards

• MBDSA Soloist of the Year 2014 — Bianca Pieters of Dancing Divinity (Johannesburg)

• MBDSA Troupe of the Year 2014 — Hipnotize Belly Dance Academy (Western Cape)

• MBDSA Choreographer of the Year 2014 — Natasha Kruger from Oriental Dance Studio (Pretoria)

Title category winners:

Junior Miss Belly Dance South Africa 2014

• First place — Leah Sasman from Hipnotize Belly Dance Academy (Western Cape)

• Second place — Farah Burton from Hipnotize Belly Dance Academy (Western Cape)

• Third place — Nadien Harris from Aphrodite Belly Dance Studio (Western Cape)

Adult Miss Belly Dance South Africa 2014

• First place — Loanna Piagalis from Oriental Invasion (Pretoria)

• Second place — Bianca Pieters from Dancing Divinity (Johannesburg)

• Third place — Simoné Biddulph from Belly Dance Goddess (Johannesburg)